Magento cannot log into admin
49I experienced a problem just after my Magento install where the page would simply redirect back to the login without displaying an error message. I’d login using the user credentials I just created during the install and I also tried using the default user “admin” with password “123123″ . The trick was that I was installing on localhost and for some reason a cookie was not being set for the session. I have other sites requiring a cookie on localhost, but Magento seems to have a problem with it.
The solution is to add the following line to your hosts file so you can access your localhost as www.localhost.com.
C:Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts (edit this file in notepad)
127.0.0.1 magento.localhost.com www.localhost.com
Also worth mentioning, if you need to reset a password manually in the database use the following:
UPDATE admin_user SET password=MD5(‘mypassword’) WHERE username=‘admin’;
If none of the above works, install the browser Opera and use it. Opera seems to work out of the box whereas IE, Firefox, and Google Chrome do not.
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This worked perfectly! Thanks!
thanks for that helped
Yess, it works!
Thanks! This worked like a charm.
This problem seems to be happening with 1.2.1 and 1.2.1.2.
For osx and Linux users: modify /etc/hosts as indicated in the post, but make sure you do not overwrite the entry that says
127.0.0.1 localhost
because that entry is used when booting up the system.
Just add your entry after this line.
I had this same problem but I use a Mac. Any idea how this fix would apply to an Apple user? Thanks
Thanks
the procedure is correct for resetting the password but the correct syntax is like this:
UPDATE admin_user SET password=MD5(‘newpassword’) WHERE username=’oldusername’
and u do not need to do any thing with
“C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc ” file.
Thanks Nick,
That localhost change fixed my magento right up… I owe you a beer!
cheers,
Tony
thanks a lot for the help!!!problem fixed
I just tried v1.3.1 and I did the same thing above.
Somehow, it is still failure. Is there any change again in etc/hosts file?
Thanks guys!
Hi again,
My mistake. I should also change the url, from http://localhost/magento/index.php to http://www.localhost.com/magento/index.php
It works now. Thanks!
Thank you for your solution. it worked great
great it worked !! U rock man .
No need to change anything after 2 wasted hours! all you have to do on local host is use opera as your browser and it stores the cookie
That is the url: http://localhost:8888/magento/index.php/admin/
works fine on mac in Mamp as long as you use opera to access it
You’re right! I use Mac as well and tried every possible suggestion, and nothing seemed to work. I just tested it on Opera and Chrome, and it works on both.
Does not work on Firefox for me, but Chrome is good enough!
Thanks for the advice.
hi,
it works when i just browse http://www.localhost.com/magento/ but if i tried to put http://www.localhost.com/magento/admin it automatically redirects to http://localhost/magento/admin and username password doesn’t work. Do I need to do some extra settings?
Don’t forget to delete all of the files in /var/cache and /var/session
This was happening to me, and after I deleted the cache it was rebuilt correctly and I could login fine.
I set up a virtual host for my install after trying the 127.0.0.1 trick, but you probably just need to delete the cache.
Hope that helps,
James
I tried everything else to no avail.
Opera worked for me!
Also, Clearing the var/cache and var/sessions worked for me, as James suggested. I didn’t see this anywhere else!
Many thanks.
Thank you so much
Great !
It’s really appreciated
Again Thanks
I tried all of above and works for me only for the server machine where the magento is installed. however if I try to access the magento from other pcs in the LAN it gives me the same problem. I am not even able to perform normal operations on the store front. Please help.
Hi,
I am not able to access and do operations on my LAN through the normal storefront as well. E.g. If I try to add the item in the shopping cart instead of adding the item, it just give me the message that there is no item in the shopping cart. If I use the installation on the server machine where Magento is running the storefront works okay. So it is just that if I install Magento on One Machine and try to access it through another machine on lan, it give me this trouble of accessing the admin login as well as normal store operations.
Please help.
When I am testing more, I am unable to create a customer account also from one PC on to the server where the magento is installed. Please help.
“hi,
it works when i just browse http://www.localhost.com/magento/ but if i tried to put http://www.localhost.com/magento/admin it automatically redirects to http://localhost/magento/admin and username password doesn’t work. Do I need to do some extra settings?”
This is happening for me as well. Going to 127.0.0.1 or http://www.localhost.com used to work, but I just updated to the latest version, and admin login just redirect to localhost every time with invalid u/p.
Anyone has a fix?
Hey Folks,
There is an other way to fix that problem http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/42823/
cannot login admin magento on localhost.
could you help me at this time?
Changing host names can be annoying for other people as they will also have to add the hostname change to see the Magento site.
You can also use your
– IP (if it is fixed),
– 127.0.0.1 – For local uses
– Computer Name (Doesn’t allow you by default so just use locahost and change it in the config data table later- See below)
If you ever need to change this just go to the magento database core_config_data and change the 2 URLS of magento
Hi All,
Everything works fine with Opera.
Wow, that is the craziest thing. I tried everything, but the only thing that worked was using Opera. Weird! Thanks!
Hi there,
After checking with all the possibilities i tried with this http://localhost/magento/index.php/enable-cookies no sucess
But i wonder it worked on Opera. Its no fun which i tought
btw you can access your PC with http://www.you.com
It works fine in Opera but has a problem in Firefox. I guess becaus firefox sucks!
I also experienced the same problem and was finally able to figure out how to install Magento locally onto my computer running Windows XP. Here is a step by step guide on how to install Magento with no errors! http://www.jvfconsulting.com/blog/117/How_To_Install_Magento_Locally_On_Windows_XP.html
just give full read write permission to var folder and delete all session and cache file inside it thats it
why on earth does Opera work and others don’t? If it’s cookie related, surely it’s simply a setting that needs changing, but why do all other browsers have the opposite setting to Opera then?
signed,
Disgruntled user of the admin interface.
First you need to download the opera and login into the admin panel (yes it work on opera!) then in the admin panel two or more notifications are blinking, first is the congif notification when you click on the config link then you go to the config link on this page you can find unsecure tab under this tab you just need to replace the basic url to the address e.g. “www.localhost.com/magento” then do the same with secure tab after that you just need to add one line in the windows host file
“127.0.0.1 magento.localhost.com http://www.localhost.com”
then try on firefox or what the browser you like it works for me.
Thanks,
Akram.
How about this one?
http://mysillypointofview.wordpress.com/2010/03/24/how-to-fix-magentos-admin-login-failing-no-error-message-on-localhost/
Cool, this one tottaly worked
I had done each and every solution exits but it was not working and lastly I tries in opera and guess it WORKS!!!!!!!!!!!
thanks man…
here only OPERA work..
If you’re using Magento version 1.4.0.1 try this:
http://mysillypointofview.richardferaro.com/2010/03/24/how-to-fix-magentos-admin-login-failing-no-error-message-on-localhost/
Just do the following. Nothing needed more.
app\\code\\core\\Mage\\Core\\Model\\Session\\Abstract\\varien.php
comment this line and try
$cookieParams = array(
\’lifetime\’ => $cookie->getLifetime(),
\’path\’ => $cookie->getPath(),
\’domain\’ => $cookie->getConfigDomain(),
\’secure\’ => $cookie->isSecure(),
\’httponly\’ => $cookie->getHttponly()
);
OOOOhhhhh tnks so much
really work!!!!
Try this trick, login in your admin panel using opera browser then go to
System>Configuration>Web then change your base url into this format:
http://127.0.0.1/magentorootdirectory/
hit “save config”
and you can now login using other browsers
This totally works! Nice. thanks!
very very, thanks,
good sharing thanks
Hi..
I am trying to open magneto on my new system with win XP SP3, using Google chrome, but the page is not giving me access into it,
where as it is working fine on my old system, What should I do to get it working on my new system, so that the page gets opened,
I am not getting any errors, I want to do the store entries on my network to do the work faster,
Please help..
Amay.
Many thanks for finding the time to describe the terminlogy for the newbies!
I have a strange problem, I can create admin via admin, but new admin user’s id and password do not work. any idea? thanks!
Dude,
UPDATE admin_user SET password=MD5(‘mypassword’) WHERE username=‘admin’;
does the job!